San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-18
DIR. RUTHERFoRD's EsCAPADE.
The State Health Officer has Unpleasant.
Experience in Visiting the Alamo
CITY

The State Health Officer has Unpleasant
Experience in Visiting the Alamo
| City.
| DIR. Rutherford, of Houston, state health
officer, arrived in the city on Saturday morn
| ing and met I'm old Houston friend who walked
| HIM around considerably in the sun-a thing
that the doctor, is not used tO-and he then
comp aimed OF giddincss i'll the head. At noon
the doctor went INTO the Two Brothers saloon,
There he met Drs. Cupples, King and several
mere Of the medical fraternity, and all of
them talked medical business mixing il fire.
quently with COpius doses OF spirits. DIR.
RutherfOrd's walk in the sun and spirits COM
binCd made him feel tired and he dOZCd of to
sleep. One would have thought that the
local doctors, in Iraternal spirit, would have
seen the visiting doctor safely to his quarters
at the Menger hotel, but instead of that one
by one they sneaked away leaving
the sleeping doctor alone in his glory DR..
Rutherford slept SOundly until nearly
three o'clock when he awUke and then in g
dHZCd sort Of way he put his hand to his or
binary watch pocket to see what time il was,
when he found that his watch was missing.
The doctor then shouted to tn" bar where MIR.
George Reuter- was sitting. and demanded his
watch. he vas told that they had not got it.
He then repeated his demand in a more per-
umptury manner when Mr. George Reuter-
came around to the front of the bar and eV-
pa ned thut uC must have his arch as he had
been alone since the doctors left him. Here,
according to Mr. Reuters account the doctor
called him 2 liar. and according to DIR. RuLher-
ford account, Mr., Reuter- used that express
sion. However this may be, rutherford took
his cane and struck at Reuters head, but be
deity warded il OF by au adrOit movement Of
his guard arm. The doctor then drew his pis-
tot upon Reuter-, who very cleverly
jumped upon the doctor, and selling ii
with both hands held it down and
prevented its doing any damage and he soon
had the assistance of two of the saloon en-
plOyes but it was as much as they could do 20
hold the doctor and his little pOp-gun. Just
then Mr.. Lucieu LacOste entered the saloon,
to get a glass of water q you know, when Mr.
Reuter- asked him to take the pistol away
Lucien is fine strong man, and he tried to do
so, but the doctor hung on to his weapon with
the ten city that a San Antonio mOssbaCk
sticks TO his dollars, and the weapon could not
be secured. Lucien went then in search OF
policeman. Those officers don't drink, but
they are frequently around the saloons as the
aroma of whisky is so invigOrating, therefore
Officer DOlan was promptly on the scene.
just then Mr.. Ed billiard, of the pOstOfice,
who was going into the saloon to see what
time it was u entered, and having met and
drank with the doctor in the early part OF
the day, they were on terms of friendship.
Presenting upon that friendship, billiard
pleasantly said: :. Say, Doc you had better
give me that pistol and the doctor then
gracefully yielded the weapon. DOlan them
marched the doctor to the bat cave, charging
him % with being disoTderly and ~ with car
rying pistol. At the request of DR.. Ruther-
fort, who said he had TO leave for Laredo, Re-
cOrder Adam opened court, ENDURING into the
charges. During the invest cation the doctor
excited the recorders ire, aud was promptly
fined S25 for contempt of court. After hear
ing the case the recorder dned the accused SO
for his conduct, which the doctor paid. The
contempt of court fine was RENTED. The
doctor afterwards found his watch in the
wrong pocket.
The new ate laws now In force provide that
any one found carrying pistol shall be fined
not less than $500, and shall he confined in the
county jail not less than twenty, nor more
than sixty days. Recorder Adams judgment
has been severely criticised by many
who allege that he has no Out.On than to fine
and morrison the doctor, but his friends urge
that the recorder is a city officer and rs the
city council have not repealed the old Ordi-
nance or made new ordinance under the
new laws he had no alternative than TO work
under the old and existing city law. This is
the first arrest under the suppression Of the
pistol law, and II is important that the citizens
should know whether the state law Is 10 be en-
forced or nOtY If so, the " council should
repeal the old law and make a new ordinance
in conformity with the present state law.
"A capitalist dude, "is what a young
man in this city is called who puts on